Year 8: Technology - sewing

Kayleigh was not very good at sewing - at all. We don't own a sewing machine and I am just not into the whole sewing thing, so Kayleigh was unfortunate to not actually know anything about sewing before she took this class. For sewing, Kayleigh had Ms Deo (?). The first task of the year was to make a cushion cover. Kayleigh, wanted to be different asked if she could make a cushion cover for a large cushion she got from her Nanny - it was 4 times larger than a normal cushion. Her teacher was OK with it as long as she bought enough material to use. They went on an excursion to Spotlight Queanbeyan and Kayleigh bought a very nice dark blue cotton material. Her reasoning for the colour - her doona cover was 'Chelsea' (English football team) and she wanted it to match. The teacher was even going to try and get a transfer to iron on. Kayleigh put a lot of effort into the cover - unfortunately when it was finished it was slightly too small, which meant the cushion peeped through and the stitching was a little strained, some of it was even started to give way.

The second task was to make pyjama bottoms. The day of the excursion Kayleigh was sick, so I went to Linmark in Civic and bought a nice pink flannelette material for her. When the teacher measured Kayleigh to see how much material she needed and what size she was going to have to make, her teacher was astonished to see how small Kayleigh was. She remarked to me that they normally don't have to make clothes that small around the waist in high school. Kayleigh caught up with the class quite quickly after she got the material (I was over a week late to get it), but she didn't quite finish them when she passed away. Someone did a quick job to complete them, but I am not sure which sewing was Kayleighs and which was someone else’s - either way it wasn't very straight around to cuffs. Kayleighs pyjama bottoms have never been worn, they sit in her cupboard with her other things and I don't think they ever will be worn.